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Podiatric Medicine Curriculum

The podiatric medical curriculum is very challenging, yet the learning environment at KSUCPM is conducive to student success. The curriculum consists of two components: the basic sciences and the clinical sciences. The basic sciences make up the first two years of study at KSUCPM; however, you will have the opportunity to spend some time in the Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic within your first two years of education.

The basic sciences curriculum is a combination of didactic and laboratory coursework that emphasizes lower extremity. The basic sciences curriculum will provide a student with the understanding of many systemic functions of the human body and how the foot and lower extremity are impacted.

The clinical sciences curriculum is a combination of formal coursework, clinical rotations and clerkships. 3rd year students will spend the majority of their time at the Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic and various area hospitals, including the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, the Veterans Affairs Hospital, and St. Vincent Charity Hospital. Students will participate in rotations in General Medicine, Orthopedics, Podiatric Medicine, and Surgery.

The following outline describes the eight-semester curriculum for the four year D.P.M. curriculum for the academic year. One credit is assigned to a course for every fifty minute unit of instruction in a semester.

Clerkship Rotations (KSUCPM requires 5 clerkships in addition to the Senior Clinical Medicine Rotations at local hospitals and clinics; Some Students will elect to attend a 6th clerkship)

Senior Clinical Rotation:

VA Hospital

Cleveland Foot and Ankle Institute

Community Medicine

Senior Medicine Rotation

Senior Competency

Spring Semester

Business Administration

Clinical Training Affiliates

KSCUPM maintains relationships with several nationally ranked hospitals. Students will have the opportunity to learn and study at the following affiliated teaching hospitals:

Consistently voted as one of the nation's best hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic is recognized for its outstanding clinical care and its commitment to academic excellence. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation provides KSUCPM students and opportunity to rotate in vascular care and orthopedics.

The distinguished University Hospitals Health System and Richmond Heights Hospital provide general surgery and general medicine rotations for KSUCPM students. University Hospitals has again been distinguished by the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the country’s best hospitals (2011). UH is ranked in 11 medical specialties, four more than in 2010, and also joins a group of only 140 hospitals nationwide to be named in the magazine’s Best Hospitals category.

For more than 160 years, MetroHealth has served the medical needs of the Cleveland community and surrounding areas of Cuyahoga County and is a leader among public hospital systems. As a major teaching hospital in Northern Ohio, MetroHealth has maintained a tradition of excellence in academics and research. Intensive training for physicians and medical professionals is offered in many medical specialties. KSUCPM offers its students an opportunity to offer a rotation in the Division of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care at MetroHealth Medical Center.

The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is one of five facilities constituting the VA Healthcare System of Ohio. A full range of primary, secondary and tertiary care services are offered at the Cleveland VA Medical Center to an eligible Veteran population covering 24 counties in Northeast Ohio. Care is provided to more than 104,000 Veterans each year through an inpatient tertiary care facility (Wade Park), 13 Multi-Specialty Clinics, Vet Centers, and numerous community-based contract nursing homes.

Residency Placement

KSUCPM is proud to have an outstanding record of residency placement. KSUCPM has an Office of Graduate Placement that will assist you in researching residency programs as early as your second year at KSUCPM, or earlier, if you are so inclined.

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